We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. I wish my library had the last volume, weird that they don't.Always enjoy the work of Clive James. Some features of WorldCat will not be available. This book, the fourth instalment of his 'Unreliable Memoirs' series, covers the period from when he became a jobbing writer on Grub Street (the precursor to Fleet Street) right through to the beginnings of his TV stardom, mostly via a Soho pub called The Pillars of Hercules. Please try again","bd_saving_percent_off":"{0}%
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US$15.57 A fabulous yarn, read by Clive himself. Clive James. US$14.78 Dispatched from the UK in 2 business days Amazon Price New from Used from Kindle "Please retry" $16.99 — —
This is no different covering the time from him getting into journalism up to the time he got big time into TV.
This is, however, just a minor quibble. Less immediately funny than the previous volumes, but as he acknowledges, more truthful and accurate, it's a fascinating insight into the enormous amount of work he took on in order to earn a living and the London literary world of the seventies and early eighties. US$10.44 Please enter recipient e-mail address(es).The E-mail Address(es) you entered is(are) not in a valid format. 584 Broadway B -103, New York, NY 10012 You can hear Clive James through his words. Clive James was the multi-million-copy bestselling author of more than forty books. US$22.38 by Picador USA Quotes from North Face of Soho “If it feels like a mistake before you go in, don’t go in. US$16.74 0330481282 US$16.89 His poetry collection Sentenced to Life and his translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy were both Sunday Times top ten bestsellers, and his collections of verse were shortlisted for many prizes. Search. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! As well as his memoirs, he has published essays, literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels.
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Clive James humour is unique.
But to work with half a heart means failure every time, and the results will scream the place down.”“Chesterton once said, on the subject of innate human dignity, that it all depended on the presence of the holy spirit, and that it was otherwise hard to take the human body seriously, belonging as it did to a creature that nourished itself by pushing food into a hole at the bottom of its face.” Available.
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And (another sentence starting with and) through it all you are struck by the high work ethic, the refusal to throw in the towel when one of his projects failed.I enjoyed this book. I'd read anything this master of prose (and poetry, come to that) has written.I loved this book. No being a resident of Britain or immersed in popular culture, I was often drawn to Wikipedia for background information of some of the celebrities he describes.
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This book, the fourth instalment of his 'Unreliable Memoirs' series, covers the period from when he became a jobbing writer on Grub Street (the precursor to Fleet Street) right through to the beginnings of his TV stardom, mostly via a Soho pub called The Pillars of Hercules. US$12.68 Enjoyable book about Clive James' early working life. North Face of Soho: Unreliable Memoirs Volume IV and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. US$11.34 Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat.
Skip to main content. His dry wit made his book a thoroughly enjoyable read.
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In 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013 an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Paperback He manages to play down his own achievements without being annoying. US$19.58